Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 27, 2022
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares the best international crime fiction coming out this August.
- Katharine Schellman looks back on almost two centuries of locked room mysteries.
- Tom Mead shares the ten most puzzling and impossible mysteries.
- Kenneth L. Toppell talks about crosswords and crime fiction.
- Nick Kolakowski shares his five favourite motorcycle noir works.
- Jincy Willett explains how writers can make the reasons for horrific crimes understandable.
- Sherryl Clark talks about how real crimes can spark ideas for novels.
- Nick Kolakowski discusses the inspiration for his latest crime novel Hell of a Mess.
- Victor Acquista talks about blending the real and the unreal in thrillers.
- Neil McRobert shares a guide to the works of Stephen King.
- Rick Pullen profiles Karen Dionne.
- Mystery and TV screenwriter Michael Malone has died aged 80.
Comments on the attack on Salman Rushdie:
Film and TV:
- Xan Brooks calls See How They Run an example of the trend for traditional murder mysteries in film and TV.
- Saloni Gajjar calls The Patient an incisive thriller.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Misfits a feeble heist movie.
- Leslie Felperin shares her thoughts on the Nigerian cybercrime thriller Black Mail.
- Phil Hoad calls Akilla's Escape a pretentious gangster film from Jamaica.
- Saloni Gajjar calls Extraordinary Attorney Woo a heartwarming legal drama from South Korea.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the season 13 premiere of Archer.
- James Osborne discusses the most important cameo in the Better Call Saul series finale.
- Dwyer Murphy shares international thrillers to watch this weekend.
- Ross Johnson shares his twenty favourite erotic thrillers.
- Phuong Le calls Black Mambas a tough documentary about an all-female anti-poaching unit from South Africa.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Accused: National Treasures on Trial a slight documentary about the celebrity paedophilia panic that gripped the UK in 2012.
- Stuart Jeffries shares his thoughts on the documentary Investigating Diana: Death in Paris.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1947 noir film Dual Alibi.
- Keith Roysdon remembers the noir soap opera The Edge of Night which ran from 1956 to 1984.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1987 spy TV series A Perfect Spy.
- Rich Pelley and readers of the Guardian interview Idris Elba, star of Luther, The Wire, the Thor movies, Pacific Rim, Ultraviolet, Three Thousand Years of Longing and many others.
- Lauren Morris interviews Adrian Dunbar, star of Line of Duty.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Sally Potter, director of Look At Me.
- Michael Hogan interviews Sarah Niles, one of the stars of I May Destroy You.
- Andrew Pulver reports that at least the future of the James Bond films is assured after MGM signed a distribution deal with Warner Bros Discovery.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Wolfgang Petersen.
Comments on season 2 of Only Murders in the Building:
- Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the season 2 finale of Only Murders in the Building.
- The AV-Club wonders where Only Murders in the Building will go next.
- Christy Pina interviews John Hoffman, showrunner of Only Murders in the Building.
- Selome Hailu reports that Paul Rudd has been cast in season 3 of Only Murders in the Building.
Comments on Breaking:
Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general:
- Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Superhuman Law", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Jenna Scherer shares her thoughts on "Superhuman Law".
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "Superhuman Law".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw chronicles a debate about female rage inspired by She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Eric Francisco discusses the post-credits scene of the first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Germain Lussier interviews Jessica Gao, head writer of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Comments on Kelli Giddish's exit from Law & Order: SVU:
- Lynette Rice reports that actress Kelli Giddish will leave Law & Order SVU after twelve seasons.
- Lynette Rice also shares showrunner David Graziano's reaction to the exit of Kelli Giddish.
- Emily Longeretta reports that Kelli Giddish did not leave Law & Order: SVU by choice, but that her exit was mandated by executives who wanted to keep the 24-year-old show "current".
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Freida McFadden shares seven tips for choosing the perfect name for your characters.
- Ann Langley offers a tarot draw for writers.
- Adria Bernadi explains why to write about fictional places.
- Jeff Abbott talks about restarting a beloved series.
- Vanessa Thorpe reports about an uproar in the UK Society of Authors.
- Joanne Harris speaks out about the threats and abuse she received from TERFs as chair of the UK Society of Authors.
- Alexa T. Dodd shares her experiences with a predatory vanity press.
- Andrew Albanese reports about the Internet Archive copyright battle.
- Jenn Northington explains why Barnes & Noble are stocking fewer hardcovers, particularly by debut and midlist authors.
- Jacqui Lipton weighs in on the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster.
- Elisabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter explain what the Penguin Random House anti-trust trial has revealed about the way publishing works.
- Hannah Dellinger reports that a woman in Katy, Texas, called the police to remove a book from a school library that upset her sensibilities.
- Erum
Salam reports about another book banning spree in Dallas-Fort Worth,
Texas, which affected not just works by Toni Morrison, but also the
Bible.
Interviews:
- M.R. Allan interviews James Ellroy.
- The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Nadine Matheson.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Nadine Matheson.
- Janet Rudolph interviews Lawrence Block.
- Bill Thill interviews Joe and Kasey Lansdale.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Faye Kellerman.
- Hannah Stephenson interviews Anthony Horowitz.
- Debbi Mack interviews Joel Burcat.
- Paul Burke interviews Mark Ellis.
- John A. Hoda interviews Cathi Stoler.
- Anthony Cummins interviews Irvine Welsh.
- Rich Pelley interviews Irvine Welsh.
- Gabriel Hart interviews Paul J. Garth.
- Shane Whaley interviews Lis Wiel.
Reviews:
- Rosemary Goring reviews 1989 by Val McDermid.
- Allan Massie reviews The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre.
- Ilana Masad reviews The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias.
- Tobias Carroll reviews The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Death Casts a Shadow by Patricia Skalka.
- The Book Decoder reviews A Forgotten Shadow by H.L. Marsay.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter.
- Grab This Book reviews The It Girl by Ruth Ware.
- Paul Burke reviews Alias Emma by Ava Glass.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Alias Emma by Ava Glass.
- Jenny Maloney reviews Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney.
- Valerie J. Brooks reviews The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs.
- Crime Worm reviews The Party House by Lin Anderson.
- Lou Jacobs reviews Stay Awake by Megan Goldin.
- Sandie Herron reviews Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Nail's Crossing by Kris Lackey.
- Judy Clemens reviews The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead.
- Samantha Ladwig reviews Complicit by Winnie M. Li and The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead.
- Julie Myerson reviews Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates.
- Olivia Kozlevcar reviews Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard.
- Matt Benzig reviews Bit Flip by Mike Trigg.
- Sandra Ruttan reviews Kismet by Amina Akhtar.
- Josephine Fenton reviews The Lost Diaries of Samuel Pepys by Jack Jewers.
- Judith Reveal reviews Death at the Manor by Katherine Schellman.
- Kirkus reviews Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley.
- Carol Westron reviews The Corpses at Waterloo by Lynn Brittney.
- Beth Kanell reviews From the Shadows by James R. Benn.
- Kathy Reel reviews Death in a Blackout by Jessica Ellicott.
- Kirkus reviews Die Around Sundown by Mark Pryor.
- The Quick and the Read reviews Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson.
- Publishers Weekly reviews To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker.
- Grab This Book reviews The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill.
- Craig Sisterson reviews Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley.
- The Book Decoder reviews A Cornish Recipe for Murder by Fiona Leitch.
- Marion Deeds reviews Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1923 mystery Beware of Railway Journey by Frank Heller, translated by Robert Emmons Lee.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1930 epistolary mystery The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1930 epistolary mystery The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1937 Ludovic Travers mystery The Case of the Hanging Rope by Christopher Bush.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 Inspector Grogan mystery Murder in Rockwater by Margot Neville.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1948 Bobby Owen mystery The House of Godwinsson by E.R. Punshon.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 Timothy Dane hardboiled detective novel The Diary by William Ard.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1962 historical mystery The Demoniacs by John Dickson Carr.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 Carolus Deene mystery Death on Romney Marsh by Leo Bruce.
- Alan Cranis revisits the 1974 Lone Wolf men's adventure novels Havana Hit and Chicago Slaughter by Mike Berry a.k.a. Barry N. Malzberg.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 Lone Wolf men's adventure novel Desert Stalker by Mike Berry a.k.a. Barry N. Malzberg.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1976 animal thriller Grizzly by Will Collins.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1977 mystery Final Proof by Marie R. Reno.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1993 action film novelisation Hard Target by Robert Tine.
Con and event reports:
Research:
- T.L. Finlay shares some true crime stories from the Florida Everglades.
- Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin report about a human trafficking operation in South East Asia.
- Gwen Adhead asks if revenge should ever be a part of justice.
- Benjamin Cunningham profiles the Czech double agent Karel Koecher.
- Erin Kelly talks about armchair treasure hunts.
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